Kangana Ranaut
the storm of fire Kangana Ranaut With his remarks that India’s independence in 1947 had intensified on Friday, leaders of the BJP and other parties demanded action against the actor after a complaint was filed against him, while some people started burning his effigies on the streets. But came down. It was also demanded that the Padma Shri given to him be withdrawn.
Ranaut, who is often in the limelight for her belligerent statements on political or other issues, courted a controversy on Thursday by declaring that India achieved “real independence” in 2014, when the Narendra Modi-led government came to power. came in, and described the situation in the country. Freedom in the form of “Bhik” or begging in 1947.
The actor made a controversial statement just a day after he was awarded the Padma Shri. Mahila Congress has filed a police complaint against Ranaut in Jodhpur. Jodhpur Mahila Congress Committee president Manisha Panwar said in the complaint that Ranaut, through his statement, insulted the freedom fighters and the people of the country, which comes under the category of “sedition”.
Police said that the complaint has been taken up for investigation. Delhi BJP leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor was among those who slammed the actor, saying Ranaut’s remarks were an “insult to the sacrifice of freedom fighters”.
“Being the son of a freedom fighter and coming from a family of freedom fighters, I find this comment by Kangana Ranaut that India’s independence is the biggest abuse of freedom and an insult to the sacrifices made by the freedom fighters. I wish India’s judicial system takes cognizance,” Kapoor said in a tweet in Hindi on Thursday.
However, he told PTI on Friday that he tweeted on the issue in his personal capacity. Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said the actor’s negative remarks on India’s freedom struggle were wrong.
“Kangana Ranaut’s remarks on the country’s freedom struggle are completely wrong. No one has the right to make negative comments on the freedom movement,” Patil told reporters. a statement.
“After Narendra Modi became the prime minister in 2014, the common man is experiencing true freedom. Now, there is no one left in the country who cannot eat twice in a day. The central government distributed 35 kg of food grains. Poor for Rs 105,” he claimed.
According to Patil, Ranaut can appreciate Modi’s work without criticizing the freedom struggle.
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik said that Kangana has insulted freedom fighters and the Center should take back her Padma Shri and arrest her.
“It seems that Kangana Ranaut took a heavy dose of Malana cream (a variety grown in Himachal Pradesh) before making such a statement,” Malik said.
An effigy of the actor was torched by a group of relatives of freedom fighters in Indore.
Protests were held at MG Road here and one of the participants, Asha Govind Khadiwala, said that Ranaut should apologize to the nation for hurting the valor and sacrifice of the freedom fighters.
Later, the protesters submitted a memorandum to the Indore Divisional Commissioner’s office.
NSUI activists in Mumbai also protested outside the actor’s residence for his controversial statement.
On Thursday, the Aam Aadmi Party had submitted an application to the Mumbai Police seeking registration of a case against him for “seditious and provocative” remarks while politicians from across the spectrum, including BJP MP Varun Gandhi, social media users and others. were in between. who reacted with outrage to Ranaut’s comments.
Ranaut has often been in the news for her headline grabbing and controversial statements – be it her long-standing fight with the filmmaker Karan Johar On nepotism, honking Diljit Dosanjo On farmers’ protests, his Twitter slammed the ruling Shiv Sena government or compared Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was given Y-plus category security by the central government after he felt unsafe in Mumbai after his death and a section of the film industry spoke of drug use.
The actor’s account on Twitter was permanently suspended by the company saying it was done “for repeated violations of Twitter rules”. The move comes after Ranaut’s scathing remarks on the post-poll violence in West Bengal. She now posts her videos and messages on Instagram.
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